This bill requires the governing body of a public agency, and boards and commissions designated by law or by the governing body of a public agency, to give the recognized employee organization no less than 120 days’ written notice before issuing a request for proposals, request for quotes, or renewing or extending an existing contract to perform services that are within the scope of work of the job classifications represented by the recognized employee organization. The bill requires the notice to include specified information, including the anticipated duration of the contract. The bill also requires the public agency, if an emergency or other exigent circumstance prevents the public agency from providing the written notice described above, to provide as much advance notice as is practicable under the circumstances. If the recognized employee organization demands to meet and confer within 30 days of receiving the written notice, the bill requires the public agency and recognized employee organization to promptly meet and confer in good faith, as specified.

This bill, upon the next update to a city or county’s emergency plan, requires a city or county to update its emergency plan to designate procedures for a person with a residence in a mandatory evacuation area or their designated representative to be able to rescue a pet, as defined, that at the time of the evacuation was alive. The bill, upon the next update to a city or county’s emergency plan, also requires a city or county to update its emergency plan to designate a person or entity for a person with a residence in a mandatory evacuation area to call if the person is in need of assistance with pets during and after an evacuation, as specified.
This bill requires a city or county to make available to the public by posting on its internet website contact information for the above-described persons or entities designated to assist persons with residences in mandatory evacuation area and resources for persons who need assistance reuniting with pets rescued from mandatory evacuation areas.
This bill prohibits a pet rescued or originating from a mandatory evacuation area from being made available for adoption, euthanized, or transferred out of the custody of the local animal control agency for at least 90 days, except as specified. After the 90-day period has passed, the bill prohibits the pet from being euthanized or transferred out of the custody of the local animal control agency unless all local rescue and foster partners have been notified and given an opportunity to take custody of the pet.

This bill requires a person selling, transporting, or importing a dog into the state for the purpose of resale or change of ownership to obtain and submit a health certificate to the Department of Food and Agriculture with respect to that dog that has been completed by a licensed veterinarian and is dated no more than 10 days before the date on which the dog is brought into the state, as specified. The bill requires the health certificate to contain specified information.

This bill authorizes registered veterinary technicians and veterinary assistants to perform animal health care services not otherwise prohibited by law under the supervision of a veterinarian, and authorizes both registered veterinary technicians and veterinary assistants to perform animal health care services not otherwise prohibited by law on animals housed in public or private animal shelters, humane societies, or societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals pursuant to an order of a veterinarian. The bill also authorizes a registered veterinary technician to perform dental care procedures, including tooth extractions, under the supervision of a veterinarian.

This is a full ban on pet brokers!! This bill prohibits a broker from adopting, selling, or offering for sale a dog, cat, or rabbit. The bill defines a broker as a person or business that sells, arranges, negotiates, or processes, either in person or online, the sale of dogs, cats, or rabbits bred by another for profit and includes facilitating the transfer of those animals for profit.

This bill prohibits a person from performing a declawing or similar procedures on any cat or other animal unless the person is licensed as a veterinarian pursuant to the act and the veterinarian is performing the declawing for a therapeutic purpose, as defined. The bill requires a veterinarian, if they determine declawing is necessary for a therapeutic purpose, to file a written statement with the board that includes, among other information, the purpose for performing the procedure, and requires the veterinarian to also provide a copy of the statement to the owner of the animal.

This bill expands the meaning of “credible threat” to include threats to a person’s pet, service animal, emotional support animal, or horse.

This bill requires a person selling, transporting, or importing a dog into the state for the purpose of resale or change of ownership to obtain and submit a health certificate to the Department of Food and Agriculture with respect to that dog that has been completed by a licensed veterinarian and is dated no more than 10 days before the date on which the dog is brought into the state, as specified. The bill requires the health certificate to contain specified information.

Existing law authorizes a veterinarian to allow a registered veterinary technician to act as an agent of the veterinarian for the purpose of establishing the veterinarian-client-patient relationship to administer preventive or prophylactic vaccines or medications for the control or eradication of apparent or anticipated internal or external parasites by satisfying specified conditions, including, among other things, imposing different requirements relating to the proximity of the veterinarian depending upon where the registered veterinarian technician is administering the vaccine or medication. Specifically, existing law requires either that the veterinarian is physically present at the premises when the registered veterinary technician is working at a registered veterinary premises, or, if working at a location other than a registered veterinary premises, that the veterinarian is in the general vicinity or available by telephone and is quickly and easily available. This bill revises the above-described condition to authorize a registered veterinary technician to administer the vaccine or medication in a registered veterinary premises that is a public animal control agency or shelter, private animal shelter, humane society shelter, or society for the prevention of cruelty to animals shelter when the veterinarian is in the general vicinity or available by telephone and is quickly and easily available.